Blast You, Park Service!

This is a free blog.  I don't pay anything for it, you don't pay anything for it... but I do kinda expect it to work.  At this time, I cannot update the schedule below.  This is my hypothesis: Blogger is somehow linked to our National Park Service.  Thus, they have shut down certain parts of the system and put armed Park Rangers on guard to make sure that people can't just willy nilly use something that usually requires no supervision.  Page layouts are apparently on the list of "normal things that must be made difficult".  So, thank you Park Service.  Along with the WWII memorial, Yosemite, and private businesses lining the Blue Ridge Parkway, I now am feeling the pain of the shutdown.  So it goes.

Here's my all-important updates:

GT, W, 17-10
UNC, 12:30pm, ACC Network
Pitt, Noon

None of us are surprised by that 1:30 or noon kick-off.  Will we actually get any kick-offs past 2pm this season, apart from Thursday nights?  Perhaps not.  I'm not even sure the ACC Network is going to be on in this area.  If you click here it should tell you what local station will be covering the game.  I'm in good ol' NOVA, like many of you, and it says Fox 5.  We'll see.

So, I'm not sure I have quite recovered from last week.  How can you keep a straight face in the booth when saying names like Snoddy (which sounded a whole heck of a lot like Snotty) and Smelter?  I will say that other than the normal asinine things all ESPN announcers say, this group did OK.  I will give them a 5 out of 10.  At least there was no "Tech" confusion... or VAH Tech, which makes me want to rip my ears off.

In true Worldwide Loser of Sports fashion, we started the game with 6 points.  Before kick-off.  They fixed it pre-kick-off, but still...how hard is it to keep track before the game has even started?  Then, when Big Fuller knocked the ball out during the Bumbly Bees first possession, we recovered the fumble.  In 2 plays - TD, DJ Coles....  and back came the 6 points.  To which my spouse, pointed out:

Football's fixed.

Who can argue with that?

The Bumbly Bees are so sophisticated, says ESPN, that they have to create new names for their positions.  Gag.  At least this year they stuck with calling it "the option", which I suppose is the least-offensive of all the names for their completely ineffective style of Offense.  At least, it's completely ineffective against Bud.  Who is awesome.

True Freshman, Facyson, whose name is incredibly hard to spell, got his 4th INT of the year.  He officially needs a nickname.  Ideas are welcome.

The Giraffe is "much maligned", according to Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, and Rece Davis.   But, after a few completed passes, Jesse said The Giraffe was "spinning the magic bean."  I'm not sure if he wants to be the next Steve Spurrier, creator of all football catch phrases, or if he has been fake 'n baking too much.  Of course, Pollack said, "he's the straw stirring the drink".  What the heck does that mean?  Maybe they were all on drugs.

The Giraffe looked like an actual QB.  Yes, I said it.  Despite the prior input and horrendous coaching of our Recruiting Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach up in the booth (STINEY), somehow something has started to click for him this season.  Don't hold your breath that it will last... but let's say some prayers.

In his defense, he seems to have height and weight issues throughout every game now.  For the Bumbly Bees, he was reported in at:

6'6", 250
6'5", 250
6'6", 254
6'6", 240

Our officially titled "salty" D was the key to this game.  Hopkins had a stellar game - so much so that Jesse called us the best D in the country.  I'll take that.  Bud will take that.  There was no "option" in the option.  We were beast.  Even Baby Fuller had an INT.

Could you hear the "Let's Go Hokies" during the Bumbly Bees' last time out with 1:33 to go?  Enter Sandman would have fit in nicely.

So with such success last week, what happens for Homecoming vs. The Baby Blue Blankies?  And, for the record, why would Weaves pick UNC as our Homecoming opponent?  We just had our first ACC game last week, and now we jump into number 2 against a team that can always beat us?  This year we may luck out.  The Blankies are 2-2, coming off an awful loss against The Johnny Depps.  It doesn't seem to be a lack of QB effort.  Bryn Renner has over 1000 yards this season with an almost 60% completion percentage.  On the ground, though... it doesn't look pretty.  Only 401 yards over 4 games.  Our running game has been practically nonexistent some weeks, and we still have almost 700.

Bud is going to have a field day with this one.  So will the Big and Baby Fullers.

Maybe Weaves knew this one would be fun for Bud.  Or maybe he's an idiot.  I will of course pick the latter.  We may have just lucked out this year.  I'm feeling pretty good about this one.

I've rambled long enough.  The Park Service is going to shut me down.  Enjoy Homecoming and our late, late 1:30 kick-off.

I'll say it this week:

Go Hokies!

Love anything salty,
The B.S.C.